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Roseanne Barr confesses to writing ‘extra make out scenes’ in hopes that new co-star will leave his wife for her

The Independent·Carsen Holaday·5 days ago
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Roseanne Barr is on the hunt for a showmance with her new co-star.

Eight years after the 73-year-old comedian was exiled from her hit ABC show Roseanne over a series of racist tweets , the Emmy-winning actor is returning to the TV world with a new self-financed sitcom, Meemaw: A Modern Day Fable .

The single-camera show, which has yet to be picked up by a network or distributor, follows Barr in the lead role as a “patriotic grandmother who is the matriarch of a mixed-race prepper family in Texas,” she told The Hollywood Reporter in an interview published Wednesday.

Barr’s sitcom co-stars Sopranos alum Drea de Matteo as her daughter, Omar Gooding as her son-in-law, and fellow Donald Trump supporter Randy Quaid as the local sheriff — who, spoiler alert, becomes her love interest.

“I’m in love with him and I wish he would leave his wife and marry me,” Barr told the magazine.…

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